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,Jun e 14,1927.

. J. KAUFMAN CONTAINER Filed Jan. 29. 1.925

shg etu shnt 1 I w an Patented June 14, 1927.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH KAUFMAN, or BRONXVILLE, New YORK, AssIeNon To AMERICAN SAFETYRAZOR connorm'rro'n, or NEWMYORK, .N. Y., A oonrom'rron or VIRGINIA."

I CONTAINER.

Application filed raauar ee, 1925. Serial in. 5,491.

My invention relates generally to containers and more particularly tocontainers for shaving apparatus.

Various types of safety razors are made of separable parts with thehandle-member separate from the blade holding member. A container forsuch types of razor should preferably make provision for receivingconveniently theparts of the razor when disassembled for shipment andfurthermore, should have some provision for receiving and holding therazor assembled, and also for receiving new blades separate fromthe oldor discarded blades.

One of the objects of my invention is a container in which by a simple,inexpensive and efiicient construction, provision'is made ffor holdingthe various parts of the razor either assembled or disassembled and the.

new blades separated from the old or discarded blades.

I Razors of the safety type have come into almost universal use, havingreached the stage where they might be termed a household utility, usedalmost daily. It is a practice to-day among users of safety razors todeposit the container in any convenient place, such as a medicinechest'along with all other medicinal, household or toilet acwhen suchuser desires to shave, he removes the container from the medicine chestor wherever else the container may have been placed, opens thecontainer, removes the shaving apparatus therefrom, places the containerwhatever temporary place he finds convenient, finishes the shavingoperation, replaces'the razor in the container, closes the container andreplaces it in the medicine chest. Not only does the use of theimplement entail all this,

but there is no assurance that when the razor container is replaced inthe medicinechest that it will be found where it was originally put,even when the user keeps it always in one definite place, which isfrequently not the case; furthermore, it. is theexperience of mostusersthat it is necessary to shift a great deal of the articles oraccessories contained in the medicine chest to reach the container.

Another object of my invention, therefore, is the provision whereby thecontainer is of such a type that it can be given a fixed cessories foundgenerally in the home, and

association or position at all times the bathroom or anywhere, elsewhere he desired to keep the container.

v. it may Another object of my invention is the provision of a containerin which the 001113311181: can remain in fixed positlon and in which theshaving apparatus can be removed therefrom and inserted therein handlingof the container.

h Furthermore, it is frequently the habit of,

without shifting or i container in the medicine chest, to leave the Idiscarded or old blades lying around,which not only s a source ofannoyance to those whoare supposed to clean and tidy up the bathroom,but alsoa frequent source of discomforture because of the fact that thehandling of the reasons that gives rise to this ligence of the userinletting his discarded blades lie around is the fact that he finds iteasier toleave the used blade' where it is than to replace it in thecontainer;

Another object ofmy invention, therefore, is the provision of acontainer which not only of the safty razor blades by one not accustomedthereto is hazardous. v One negmakes provision for receiving thediscarded and used blades, but which is of such acharactor and is sopositioned in the bath room or elsewhere, that the user not only findsitjust as easy to place itip thecompartment provided therefor, as toleave it on the wash bowl, but its location is such that the shaver ismade constantly aware of the presence of theconvenient means forreceiving the discarded blades.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a container forasafety razor of; such a character that the containercan serve. as ashipping package with the parts disassembled and held therein and canalternatively serve as a receptacle withthe parts of larly a containerin which there is provided I a compartment which is so dimensioned andconstructed with reference to the handle, that the handle can bereceived therein only on enawah that end of the handle extendor that, it1.3

ing above the compartment to which the blade holder is to be attached,whereby the blade holder can be dis ssembled iron'i the handle forshipment and received therein assembled therew h i. for use. 1

Another object o the provision or a contai contain so that is separablefro desired the cl from the conta porarily d ring member can be removed'ierrian-oa'tly or only temopera that free and or the insertion andremoval 01" the shaving apparatus can be had.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a cl member which isso constructed an t e containd in p n. by the in which sure position andfurther- -ciation of: irozn being inherent resil merely by a ilcrzinmore, such co I u. the parts as to pr went the cove" mov d beyond itspredeirrmin closure.

My invention h I 'nclnd the provision'o i'f a now, simple, cnsiie andconvenient container, for c 1. apparatus in which the apparatus can bereceived indisassembled 'ie ole or d scarded blades separated from thenew blades and in which provision has been made whereby such containercan be "yen a permanent position without inter-fer with the accessthereto and in n ch t closnremember 1s inin the parts of the reni metalstampthe innner of. aswhereby a durable as these objects and cinatterapa illustrated in i oi my inventainer, arrammn to 5 n1 u the bath rooa,or any her part of the house, and with the shavin ipr 'a tns therein andith the closure Fig. 2 is a view siinil ing the closure memberconnqletcl: from the container;

Fig. 3 is a view siin'rlar'hv I 1 without the closure member 'and withthe shaving apparatus completely assembled, but in position in thecontainer;

Fig. l is a section taken on line liof 1 showremoved Fig. 3 with theshaving apparatus removed 7 The tubular compartment 1'12 is preferablyofa diameter and or" a depth so as to receive conveniently therewithin thecylindrical portion of the handle of a well. known type of razor withthe narrowed necir portion of said handle member projecting thereabove.

Where it is desired to keep the discarded blades separate from the newblades, one of the compartments as that numbered. 1 may serve to receiveone group and the other compartment 11 can be used to receive the othergroup, and the razor handle can be positioned in the tubular,compartmentl2 with the blade holdingportion thereof as-.

sembled therewith, i s shownin Fig. 3 oi the drawing. On the other hand,where it desired to keep the blade hold' part of the razorseparate fromthe handle member, one of the compartments or ii may be used forreceiving the'blade holding p2" t of they handle and the othcrcompartment. to receive the new blades alone, other provi sions beingmade. for the old blades. or both the new and the old blades where it isso desired can be received in either of the coinpartments 10 or 11.

In my preterred manner of making: the container. of Fig. l, I employ theblanks shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 ot' the drawing which may be in theform of sheet metal. stampings which I will now describe more fully.

In 6 of .the drawing, I blank comprising}; the section 16 to form therear wall of the container and the section 17 to formthe bottom thereof.The rear wall is provided with ridges or ribs 18. if), 20 and 21,stamped inwardly therefrom. either simultaneously with the stampi: theblank or thereafter and the purposes of which will be pointed outshortly. 'l. tom of the blank is provided with the side flanges 22 and23 sl pcd to conform to the shape which it isdc'sircd to give to theside walls. The blank 15 is further provided with the flanges 24, 25, 2Gand 27. the purposes of which will be more fully pointed out inconnection with the assembly oi. the container.

In Fig. 7 of the drawing, I show the blank from which is to be formedthe front and side walls of the container the front snow they and A sidewalls being made up as shown in Fig. 2 of the intermediate sections 31,the portions 32 and 33 extending angularly therefrom and in substantialparallelism, from which portions 32 and 33 extend the portions 34 and 35which form the froiitavalls of, the container and which are preferablypositioned in the same plane and from which front walls in turn extendthe side walls 36 and 37.

These front and side walls of the container just described .are formedfrom the blank of Fig. 7 by bending this blank along vertical lines 40,41, 42, 43, 44 and 45. The portions of the blank between these lines ofbend, form the parts of the front and side walls already described, inan obvious manner.

The side walls 36 and 37 are preferably given the shape shown in Figs.1, 2, 3 and 4 by bending the portions of the blank which form these sidewalls along the lines 46, 47, 48 and 49 so as to provide thc'portions 50and 51 in each side wall which are in substantially the same plane andsubstantially at right angles to the front walls and curving theportions of the blank in betweenthe lines of bend 46 and 48 on one sideand 47 and 49 on the other so as to provide the curvature at the side ofthat wall as shown at 52 in Fig. 2. Theblank 30 is further provided withthe side flanges 54 and.55 and with the bottom flanges 56 and 57.

The blank 15 of Fig. 6 and the blank 30 of Fig. 7 bent and shaped asdescribed are assembled in the following manner: The bent and shapedblank of Fig. 7 is ositioned upon the portion 17 of the blank 15 whichis to form the bottom of the container, and in-full registry therewith,that is with the curved portion 52 of the side walls of the blanks 30 inregistry with the curved portion of the parts 22 and 23 of the bottommember of the blank 15 of Fig.6 and with the flanges 56 and 57 of theblank 30 of Fig. 7 inregistry with the flanges 26 and 27 of the blank 15of Fig. 6, and with the two blanks so assembled, the dimensions are sopredetermined that the wall 31 of the are bent outwardly and oppositelywith ref- 1 erence' to the blank 30 and the flanges 24 and 25 of theblank 15 are now rolled or beaded about these bent flanges54 and 55 andit will be found that by the interlock ing of these flanges at the sidesand at the bottom of the two blanks of Figs. 6 and 7 bent in shape asshown and assembled as desired, form a relatively rigid and securecontainer structure, providing the compartments l0 and'll alreadydescribed.

In order to still further secure these two blanks in fixed relationshipand association,

I cut out from the blank 30 preferably be-' in'the rear wall 16 of theb'lank15 of Fig.

6 (see Figs. 4 and 6) and then bent around the edges of this slot asshown in Fig.4. The vertical ribs 20 and 21 already described as formedin the blank 15 of Fig. 6, it will be observed, upon viewing this figureas well as Fig. 4, are formed adjacent the interlock bet-ween theflanges 24 and 25 of the blank 15 and the corresponding flanges 54 and55 of the blank 30, and will not onlygive rigidity to the structure, butform an abutment 1 so as to prevent the release of the interlock and theseparation of the members.

The container formed, as described and illustrated in the variousfigures, provides a space between the walls 31, 32 and 33 and this spaceI utilize as follows: In Fig. 8 of the drawing, I show a blank providedwith the pairs of ears 71 and 72 extending from the opposite sidesthereof, and with the lips 73 stamped therefrom intermediate the sidesthereof. The blank 70 is so dimensioned that when bent into tubular formand circular in cross-section, it will be conveniently received withinthe space between the walls 31, 32 and 33 referred to, and will be of aheight substantially equal to the height of the said walls and isintended to be so positioned as to bring the oppositely extending lips71 and 72 in registry with the opening 74 formed in the blank 30 (seeFig. 7)

through which these two sets oflips can be passed and bent oppositely asshown in Fig. 4. I

The blank 30 is further provided with the slits or openings .75 arranged'to register with the lips 73 formed in the blank 70 of Fig, 8 and whichlips can be passed through such openings and bent about the sidesthereofas shown in Fig. 4, and in this manner, the tubular compartmentformed from the blank 70 as described, is securely and fixedly anchoredto the main container sec-.

tions.

Upon viewing 1 of the drawing, it will be observed that the portion 16of the blank ofFig. 6 which is to form'the rear wall of the container ishigher than, the rest of the container so as'to provide the extension 81in which extension is formed the opening or hole 81,. whereby the container with its contents can be maintained in fixed position as by anail, wherever desired, as on the side of the medicinechest.

This rear wall of the container is further provided with the key holeslot 66 already referred to (see Fig. 6) so that where desired, thisalso may be used as a method of attachment.

In the use of a container constructed in' accordance with my inventionand particularly in the use of the embodiments illus trated in thedrawings, the handle member of the razor is received in the compartment12 formed from the blank 70 and anchored to the rest of the structure inthe manner already described and that the blade holding part of therazor may be attached thereto as in Fig. 3 or separated therefrom as inFig. 2 and in the latter arrangement, this blade holding part of therazor will be re ceived in one of the compartments 10 or 11 and theother compartment arranged to receive either the new blades alone andother provision made for the old and discarded ones or both the new anddiscar led blades. In order to permit the user to readily take hold ofand remove blades or parts of the razor from the compartments 10 and11., the walls 34 and 35 are cut away at their upper edges as shown at84 and 35.

In Fig. 9 of thedrawing, I show the blank from which a type of closureis formed which can be to associated with the container alreadydescribed, that it will on the one hand serve to completely andeilectively seal the compartments within which the parts of the razorare held, and yet can permit of quick and complete removal therefrom soas to permit free access to the contents of the compartments and thisblank 80 (see Fig. 9) is shaped so as to conform more or less to thecross-section through the compartments as shown in F 4, except that itis provided with the lips 81- and 82 which are bent downwardly as toform a closure for the cut away port-ions 34 and Closure member 80 isprovided with transverse ribs 83, 84 and 85 so as to give rigiditythereto and is further cut away at 86 so as to permit of the positioning0? the cover without interfering wit-h the projecting part of the handlemember of the razor received in the compartment 12 and this cut awayportion is preferably so arranged and constructed that it will bepositioned closely adjacent to the narrowed neck of this handle memberprojecting above the cor partme 12 so that in this way,'this handlemember will be prevented from falling out in case the receptacle isupset.

To place this cover member 80 in-its compartment sealing position, theinner edge 8'? thereof (see Fig. 2) is positioned completely below theribs 18 and 19 of the back member 16 (see Fig. 1) and the downwardlybent l ps 81 and 82 are then positioned inwardly of the walls 34 and 35and within l a -r the compartments 11 and 12 and the parts are soarranged that to do this, the metal of the cover must be sprung due tothe engagement of its rear edge 87 beneath the ribs 18 and 19 and theengagement of the lips 81 and 82 with the inner faces of the walls '34-and 35. 11s a result of this arrangement, the cover member is held inits position of Fig. 1 and the cover must be flexed slightly so as topermit the edge 87 thereof to pass the ribs 18 and 19. I hus attain anetiicient method oil holding the cover in its closed position.

From the description thus far given, it will be understood that I havedevised a container which not only serves its purposes for holding thedifferent parts of the safety razor, but also can be secured fixedly inany predetermined placeand that the use of the "azor does not requirethe handling of the ontainer at all. Furthermore, by the character ofthe cover, I employ and the manner l is association with the container,I not only arrange for a proper sealing of the ompartments, but alsoallow for quick removal of the cover and free access to the contents ofthe compartments.

From the description of my invention, it will he understood that I havedevised a construction which serves its functions not only from theaspects of a razor container generally, but also from the aspects of ashipping packet as well as a display device. As shown in Fig. 1,itserves efficiently as a shipping packet as well as a razor containerand as illustrated in Fig. 3, it serves equally well as a displaydevice, and with the cover in position, it serves its full functionswhether the blade holding part of the razor is attached as in Fig. 8 ordetached as in Fig. 2. This results from the fact that by positioningthe razor handle in the compartment 12 on end, the compartment is ofless height than the handle so that that part of the handle which servesto secure the blade holder thereto extends above the compartment 12.

The cover member 80 may be made of sheet metal. I have found. howeverthat by making it of a transparent material such as celluloid, it notonly has all the attributes of sheet metal, at least so'lfar as relativerigidity and flexibility are concerned, but in addition, it exposes toview the contents of the compartments.

One method of assembling the blanks to o (a H make the container on aquantity production ready described, as follows, it being understoodthat the ribs 20 and 21 have already been formed in the blank of Fig. 6:

I position the stated blank 30 above the shaped blank of Fig. 6 with theflanges 54 and 55 in registry with the channel in the beads 24 and 25,and then slide the flanges 54 and 55 downwardly along this channel, sothat these flanges are engaged between the beads 24 and 25 and the ribs20 and 21 until the blank 30 is fully inserted. I then snap the flanges56 and 57 (see Fig. 7) within the channel in the beads 26 and 27 so thatthe parts are fully engaged. I then pass the lips 60 and 61 through theopenings 66 and bend themback as shown in Fig. 4. The blank 70 can beattached to the parts to which it is to beafiixed either before thisfinal assembly or after the assembly as desired. I

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claimas new anc desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A safety razorcontainer comprising a plurality of compartments, adjacent walls beingformed to provide a depression therebetwcen, and another compartmentadapted to be supported in said depression exteriorly of the firstmentioned compartments with its walls contacting with the wallsaforesaid, and means for interconnecting said walls.

2. A safety razor container comprising a plurality of compartmentsarranged adjacent each other, one of the compartments being arranged toreceive the handle member of the razor and a sealing cover membertherefor for sealing the compartments so contoured as to exposesufficient of the handle receiving compartment so as to permit of theportion of the razor to be exposed thereabove.

3. A safety razor container comprising a plurality of compartmentsarranged adjacent each other, one of the compartments being arranged toreceive the handle member of the razor and a sealing cover membertherefor for sealing the compartments so contoured as to exposesufficient of the handle receiving compartment so as to permit of theportion of the razor to be exposed thereabove, said cover member,however, being arranged to prevent the removal of the handle member.

4. A packaging device for safety razors and accessories comprising aplurality of compartments and a cover member therefor, the parts beingso arranged and constructed as to seal the accessories in thecompartment and lock the razor therein with the blade holding portion ofthe razor handle exposed.

5. Asafety razor container comprising a plurality of compartmentsarranged adjacent each other, one of the compartments being arranged toreceive the handle member of the razor and a transparent sealing covermember therefor for sealing the compartments so contoured as to exposesulficient of the handle receiving compartment so as to permit of theportion of the razor to be exposed thereabove.

6. A safety razor container comprising a plurality of spacedcompartments capable of receiving razor accessories, razor parts, and ahandle member thereof, a\ sealing cover arranged to prevent displacementof the handle and parts mentioned, while permitting a portion toprotrude therethrough, said coverhaving means making frictional contactwith walls of compartments and means on the walls to preventdisplacement of the cover.

7. A safety razor container comprising a plurality of spacedcompartments capable of receiving razor accessories, razor parts, and ahandle member thereof, a sealing cover arranged to prevent displacementof the handle and parts mentioned, while permitting a portion toprotrude therethrough, said cover having means making frictional contactwith the inner portions of walls of compartments and means on the wallsto prevent displacement of the cover, said cover being formed to fitwithin some compartments while spanning the handle holding compartment.

8. A safety razor container made of sheet metal, and assembled from onesingle sheet forming the back walls and bottom and another single sheetdefining a plurality of spaced compartments and a spacer member havingwalls defining means capable of holding a razor handle holdingcompartment, channelsand beads formed on said first mentioned sheet andtongues formed on said second sheet to form engagement between saidbackwalls' and compartment defining sheet.

9. A sheet metal safety razor container providing a plurality ofcompartments with a space therebetween, one single sheet forming thebottom and back walls thereof and another single sheet forming the sidewalls and front, a razor handle holding compartment positioned in theafore-mentioned space, and means for interconnecting said sheets to eachother and said second named sheet to said razor handle holdingcompartment.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

JOSEPH KAUFMAN.

